Episode #1422
Lex Fridman
Books mentioned
Black Elk
Mentioned by Lex Fridman · at 01:01:58 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Empire of the Summer Moon
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 01:04:21 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Doctor Zhivago
Mentioned by Lex Fridman · at 02:20:11 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Think and Grow Rich
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 02:41:21 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Lex Fridman discusses his work in artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles with Joe Rogan, covering Tesla’s self-driving technology, machine learning, robotics, and Neuralink. The conversation also explores consciousness, simulation, online indoctrination, political dialogue, automation, diet, jiu-jitsu, and the cultural history of Native American societies.
What they talked about
- Podcast responsibilities and vetting guests
- Criticism of Jack Dorsey interview
- Definition of the political left
- Bernie Sanders and universal basic income
- Elon Musk's engineering and AI views
- Carnivore diet and fasting effects
- Boston Dynamics robots and AI
- Khabib vs. Conor McGregor and Dagestan wrestling
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